Tribeca Enterprise’s Chief Content Officer, Paula Weinstein, presented an extended sneak peek of the upcoming documentary Following Harry at the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award event. The documentary features the late singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. The four-minute clip takes viewers through Belafonte’s thoughts on keeping the movement for social
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Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, died on Saturday at the age of 81. Kaczynski was a Harvard-educated mathematician who conducted a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others. He had been held in the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, since May 1998 before being transferred to a prison
The picket in Los Angeles was smaller on Thursday, with less than 50 people gathering in support of the WGA strike. New York-based pickets were canceled due to smoke. Bike Strike Protest The “Bike Strike” protest, organized by a group of bicyclists, rolled through Warner Bros., Disney, and Netflix, with a total distance of 27
Gloria Gaynor, famous for her hit song “I Will Survive,” is the subject of a new documentary chronicling the last eight years of her life, which saw a career stalled by health issues and abuse and mismanagement from her now ex-husband. The documentary, titled Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive, tells the story of Gaynor’s comeback
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) members picketed at Disney and Warner Bros on Wednesday in Burbank, California. The WGA West’s picketing was the only major one, as the WGA East had to cancel their planned picketing in New York City, due to poor air quality caused by smoke from wildfires in Canada. The guild
Pat Cooper, a famous comedian and actor, passed away at the age of 93 in his Las Vegas home. His wife, Emily Connor, declared the news of his demise. Born Pasquale Caputo on July 31, 1929, in Brooklyn, Cooper tried to join multiple branches of the U.S. Armed Forces but was rejected. He then turned
SAG-AFTRA members have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if upcoming contract talks fail to produce a satisfactory agreement by June 30. According to the union, nearly 65% of eligible members voted, and the vote was 97.91% in favor, with almost half of eligible members casting ballots. The vote comes just two days before the
Celine Song’s Past Lives, distributed by A24, has grossed $232k across four screens earning over $58k per location. This marks a strong debut for Song as the film now stands as the second-biggest limited opening of the year so far. Past Lives, a love story that was a Sundance favorite, stars Greta Lee and Teo
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) was heard loudly at the ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas, where various panels informed attendees about the issues that matter to writers in the stalled negotiations with studios. The panels discussed AI and staffing minimums, which refers to the set minimum number of writers that a series has
Oscar Isaac is already thinking about the next Spider-Verse film and has a role in mind for Pedro Pascal. The actor, who voices the character Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099 in the upcoming film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, stated that the production team has been “brilliant at finding the right person for the right character”. However, he